Upon hearing that I was taking them back to our headquarters in Yanhuang City, those men became even more agitated. Living outside, they always felt a sense of unease; after all, they were wanted by an Imperial Dynasty. Being exposed to the public at every turn was deeply uncomfortable. The ability to return to Yanhuang City with me was certainly for the best, a clear sign that we placed great trust in them.
This time, I not only took those few thousand elite Houtian Martial Artist soldiers, but I also selected 200,000 men from the ranks of the elite troops to bring back with us. I left Sister Xiuer with only 110,000 men and told her to drill them daily. Furthermore, I instructed her to make a grand, noisy show of these drills, so that the surrounding Imperial Dynasties would believe we were undermanned. We spread the word that these troops were merely bought discreetly from the battlefield, giving them the illusion that we were not very strong.
When the Prime Minister learned that these soldiers had all been captured in that battle and bought from the battlefield at a high price, he was furious. He launched a series of accusations at the Feng Imperial Dynasty. However, the Crown Prince of the Feng Imperial Dynasty claimed he knew nothing of the matter, suggesting that Yunxiu City must have acquired them through some other channel, and that it had nothing to do with them.
Chapter 205